My First Tractor: Stories of Farmers and Their First Love

Driving a tractor was a rite of passage for every farmboy and girl. Anyone who grew up on a farm has nostalgic—or not so happy!—stories about his or her first tractor: the Farmall that replaced the draft horses, the John Deere “Poppin’ Johnny” that ran forever, and the cursed tractor that would never start. The long hours spent in the metal tractor seat, come rain, snow, or the glaring sun, were formative in a farmer’s life. Here are 25 stories from notable rural authors relating fond or not-so-fond memories of their first tractors, including Michael Perry, Bob Artley, Roger Welsch, Bob Feller, Ben Logan, Gwen Petersen, Ralph W. Sanders, Robert N. Pripps, Patricia Penton Leimbach, Randy Leffingwell, Lee Klancher, Don Macmillan, Scott Garvey, John Dietz, and more.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Michael Perry

Bob Artley

Roger Welsch

Bob Feller

Ben Logan

Gwen Petersen

Antiques & Collectibles

Voyageur Press

This classic American memoir is about a farm and its people, of a boyhood on a southwestern Wisconsin hilltop world in the 1930s. Ben Logan grew up on Seldom Seen Farm with his three brothers, father, mother, and hired hand Lylethe fifth Logan boy.” The boys discussed and argued and joked over the events around their farm, marked the seasons by the demands of the land, tested each other and themselves, and grew up learning timeless lessons. This paperback edition features Logan's never-before-published afterword that traces the Logan land to an earlier time, bringing the story full circle to the farm and its people.

The Land Remembers

Sports & Outdoors

Audio Pr

A Chapter A Day selection from Wisconsin Public Radio read by Karl Schidt. Abridged 5 CD set. This is a story about a farm and its people, of a hilltop world in the 1930s in southwestern Wisconsin. Ben Logan grew up on a farm with his three brothers, father, mother, and farmhand Lyle, the fifth Logan boy, and marked the seasons by the demands of the land. The boys discussed and argued and joked over the events around their hilltop farm, testing each other and themselves as they learned the lessons of the farm and growing up. This beautiful story is now reunited with a never-before published Afterword that traces the land to an earlier time and brings the story full-circle to the farm and its people.

The Land Remembers Audio CD

Literature & Fiction

Itchy Cat Press

More Shades of Gray in Black And White

Sometimes we use words such as insightful, compelling, honest, authentic, original, and sensitive to describe a work of art. From movies to novels, word to describe what the authors have made us

more SHADES OF GRAY in BLACK and WHITE

Poetry

Xlibris

The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and it's People

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Northword Pr

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